Shadow

With an LRV of about 40, Shadow is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Shadow in other brands

• TVT D138 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Silver Charm Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Accord Dulux Australia SG6G2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Earl Blue Dulux UK 1539857 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Granite Gray Nippon Paint NP N 3110P Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Philosophical Grey Glidden 50BG 39/022 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• AF-ter Benjamin Moore 1452 Light Gray
• Gibraltar Benjamin Moore 1587 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Shadow warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.4 and a value of -1.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Shadow?

TVT D138 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Shadow?

≈ 40. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.